4-576: Flying Foam Passage is a north-south passage between Angel Island and Dolphin Island in the Dampier Archipelago , near Dampier, Western Australia . The passage is named after the 33-ton coastal schooner Flying Foam , which disappeared without trace in March 1872. Its name is, however, most prominently associated with the 1868 massacre of indigenous Australians in the area. The passage
8-464: Is a significant site of vessels lost. 20°28′S 116°50′E / 20.467°S 116.833°E / -20.467; 116.833 Dolphin Island (Western Australia) Dolphin Island is an island situated in the Dampier Archipelago in the Pilbara region of Western Australia . Visitors are able to camp within 100 metres (328 ft) of the high water mark on all of the beaches on
12-626: Is separated from the Burrup Peninsula by a major valley system formed by a regional fracture. Indigenous Australians inhabited the area or utilised the islands of the archipelago for over 18,000 years with the Yapurarra peoples being the traditional owners . The island was named by Francis Thomas Gregory during his 1861 expedition through the Pilbara, the island is named after the ship captained by Gregory. The pearling industry
16-507: The island except for the south eastern side. The island is designated as a B Class Nature Reserve (34944) and has a total area of 3,203 hectares (7,915 acres) . It is the second largest island of the archipelago after Enderby Island but it is the highest in the archipelago rising to 120 metres (394 ft) above sea level. The island is composed of precambrian volcanic and granitic rocks with some outcrops of archaen granite and granite gneiss which are over 2400 Ma in age. The island
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